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Athanor - Supernova
| Label | Radio France – DE 004Densité 21 – DE 004 |
| Format | CD, Album |
| Barcode | 0822186026045 |
| Country | France |
| Released | 2006 |
| Genre | Classical |
| Style | Contemporary |
| 1 | Melanosis En To Pan | 08:03 |
| 2 | Melanosis Le Signe De La Croix | 04:57 |
| 3 | Melanosis Pasa Fusis Kosmou | 05:20 |
| 4 | Leukosis O Divin Maitre | 02:43 |
| 5 | Leukosis Ils Sont Légions | 03:54 |
| 6 | Leukosis Le Milieu De La Hauteur | 05:36 |
| 7 | Iosis In Albas Columbas Transmutantur | 02:04 |
| 8 | Iosis Je Renais | 04:10 |
| 9 | Iosis Quod Est Inferius | 06:24 |
| 10 | Supernova | 14:58 |
Baritone Vocals – Nigel Smith
Choir – Chœur de Radio France
Directed By – Jonathan Darlington (1 to 9)
Directed By – Muhai Tang (10)
Directed By – Philip White
Mastered By – Paul Malinowski
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Virginie Pesch
Mixed By – Paul Malinowski
Orchestra – Orchestre National de France
Text By – Guillaume Connesson
Choir – Chœur de Radio France
Directed By – Jonathan Darlington (1 to 9)
Directed By – Muhai Tang (10)
Directed By – Philip White
Mastered By – Paul Malinowski
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Virginie Pesch
Mixed By – Paul Malinowski
Orchestra – Orchestre National de France
Text By – Guillaume Connesson
Athanor
I. Melanosis / Passage Au Noir
II. Leukosis / Passage Au Blanc
III. Iosis / Passage Au Rouge
Athanor (the Name given to the alchemist's furnace) is a narrative in three parts that recounts the birth of Gold alongside the Birth of the Child. The choir first announces the unity of the material (En To Pan), after which the Adept and his wife Beatrix pray before the furnace. The choir cries out the hymn of Hermes. In the second part, after an air sung by the Adept, Beatrix anxiously witnesses allegorical representations of the metals undergo punishment in order to be purified. The a cappella choir then announces the the "centre of Elevation" has been attained. In the third part, the birth of Gold and the birth of the Child take place admidst the carnal exaltation of the alchemic couple. When the Great Work appears, the choir brings the piece to close with the following text from Hermes' Emerald Table: "That which is above is like that which is below."
IV. Supernova (pour Orchestre, 1997)
Two sources inspired this orchestral composition: a painting by Kandinsky entitled Quelques Cercles (Some Circles, 1926), in which solored circles gambol on a plain bluish cosmic background, and the book A Brief History of Time by the English astro-physicist Stephen Hawking made me wish to find the musical resonances to the fascinating world of the infinitely huge. The interior giving insight into the other - led me to recrate in the orchestra the sensations of space and energy that hat impressed me so much in my two models.
One of the natural phenomena tha most exited my imagination was the death of a star, marvelously and tragically described. When such a star has consumed itself, it explodes and produces a supernova that is equal to a hundred million suns. Billions of particles are then expelled into space with great energy. The two continuous movements of my Supernova explore in musical language lines of energy that are comparable, i hope, to this cosmic scenario.
(see more text in the booklet of the CD....)
I. Melanosis / Passage Au Noir
II. Leukosis / Passage Au Blanc
III. Iosis / Passage Au Rouge
Athanor (the Name given to the alchemist's furnace) is a narrative in three parts that recounts the birth of Gold alongside the Birth of the Child. The choir first announces the unity of the material (En To Pan), after which the Adept and his wife Beatrix pray before the furnace. The choir cries out the hymn of Hermes. In the second part, after an air sung by the Adept, Beatrix anxiously witnesses allegorical representations of the metals undergo punishment in order to be purified. The a cappella choir then announces the the "centre of Elevation" has been attained. In the third part, the birth of Gold and the birth of the Child take place admidst the carnal exaltation of the alchemic couple. When the Great Work appears, the choir brings the piece to close with the following text from Hermes' Emerald Table: "That which is above is like that which is below."
IV. Supernova (pour Orchestre, 1997)
Two sources inspired this orchestral composition: a painting by Kandinsky entitled Quelques Cercles (Some Circles, 1926), in which solored circles gambol on a plain bluish cosmic background, and the book A Brief History of Time by the English astro-physicist Stephen Hawking made me wish to find the musical resonances to the fascinating world of the infinitely huge. The interior giving insight into the other - led me to recrate in the orchestra the sensations of space and energy that hat impressed me so much in my two models.
One of the natural phenomena tha most exited my imagination was the death of a star, marvelously and tragically described. When such a star has consumed itself, it explodes and produces a supernova that is equal to a hundred million suns. Billions of particles are then expelled into space with great energy. The two continuous movements of my Supernova explore in musical language lines of energy that are comparable, i hope, to this cosmic scenario.
(see more text in the booklet of the CD....)
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